Gabon’s main opposition group, Alternance 2023, on Friday, urged the international community to encourage the junta that overthrew President Ali Bongo to hand power back to civilians Military officers seized power in a coup on Wednesday minutes after an announcement that Bongo had secured a third term in an election, ending his family’s nearly 60-year hold on power. They placed …

Nigerian troops in the northeast region have in the last two weeks received 340 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) members who surrendered due to heavy bombardment. At the bi-weekly briefing on troops’ activities and operational successes recorded in the various theatres across the country on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami said …